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Buhari meets with Obama in Germany over Boko Haram
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Buhari meets with Obama in Germany over Boko Haram
Reports says top world economies leaders, including US President Barack Obama, would be sitting down with President Muhammadu Buhari for talks today 8th June in Germany at the G-7 summit.
This meeting has been said to be the first meeting between Buhari and leaders of mostly Western nations, since he took office. The invitation from the G-7 leaders of the US, UK, Germany, France, Russia, Canada, Italy and Japan is said to indicate the current international goodwill the nation attracted after the successful conduct of the 2015 presidential polls and the smooth handover of power by immediate past President Jonathan. White House officials released details of the forthcoming meeting between the G-7 leaders and Buhari, with its main focus of discussion on the issue of terrorism.
According to US Deputy National Security Adviser on Global Engagement and Strategic Communications, Ben Rhodes, the working session on terrorism will be among Prime Minister Abadi of Iraq, the new President of Nigeria, Buharu and the Tunisian President.
He stated that it is of high importance President Buhari of Nigeria is there because of the recent truly democratic transition in its history.
He explained that the meeting with the US President in particular, will be “an opportunity to sit down with this new President and discuss ways in which we can try to keep Boko Haram on the defensive, and support their security efforts to deal with a scourge of terrorism that has confronted the Nigerian people, but also the people of that region.”